Re: [tlug] GREP basics

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

Quoth Charles Muller (Thu 2003-01-30 11:45:46PM +0900):
>
> I have a directory that contains 82 files. I want to get a count of the
> number of occurrences of the word "<hdwd>" in all 82 files.

[...]

> I have looked at all of the options listed in _man grep_, but I don't see
> anything for listing just the total number of hits at the end.  I would
> think that this must be a rather elementary GREP function, but I don't see
> any explanation for it. Can anyone give me a clue?

I can't tell you the grep option, but this will work:


grep -ci "Captain's Log" * | perl -e \
'$num=0;
while(<>){ my @example.com = split(/\:/); $num += $foo[1]; }
print "$num\n";'


You could accomplish the same thing with awk in a shell script.


-- 
Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>

Associate Systems Administrator
INCOGEN, Inc.
http://www.incogen.com/

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